Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remains confident a landmark trade deal with the European Union will pass, even after a Belgian region voted Friday to block the agreement. "But I'm confident that there are so many strong European countries, like France as we saw yesterday, Germany is fully on board, and others, that this deal is going to make it through." Trudeau says the CETA deal will go through2:02But Trudeau called it "one of the most progressive trade deals ever proposed." Yesterday, Trudeau warned that not passing the deal would send a negative message around the globe. He also travelled directly to Wallonia to address its parliamentary commission on European affairs and to meet with regional leaders yesterday, said Freeland's spokesman Alex Lawrence.

Source: CBC News October 14, 2016 16:30 UTC